Riverboat Lyrics

Well I spent the better part of my life on a Mississippi riverboat I used to be known from coast to coast as the slickest gambler afloat I've dealt the cards from Minnesota to the harbor in New Orleans I made a lotta big money on the riverboat I loved a lotta pretty riverboat queens Riverboat riverboat I love your whistle's wail I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of in the Memphis jail Oh a big man got on the riverboat our last time in St Paul He had a lotta money but his luck went bad and the riverboat won it all He said I dealt from the bottom of the deck and he pulled a shiny knife But before that gambler lunged at me my 44 took his life Riverboat riverboat I love your whistle's wail I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of in the Memphis jail Well they came on the boat and they took me to jail when we got to Tennessee A gamblin' man has very few friends guess nobody cared for me So I might be here for a many long years but if I ever get out I'm gonna head straight for that levee and get me S riverboat headin' south Riverboat riverboat I love your whistle's wail I wish I was back on the riverboart stead of in the Memphis jail Stead of in the Memphis jail